Kunimi (Miyagi)

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Kunimi Station opened as an unstaffed station on 1 February 1984, together with Kitayama Station on the Senzan Line. Sendai Station began dispatching staff on 20 March 1987, in effect making the station staffed, and on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR East at the privatisation of Japanese National Railways. A passing loop entered service later that year on 1 June 1987. Originally a single side platform with one track, the station saw rapid passenger growth in the mid-1990s as schools, vocational colleges and universities opened nearby, and morning crowding became dangerous. A second side platform was added across the tracks on 22 March 1997. In 2002 the station building was moved to the north side, with the old building remodelled as a lavatory. Automatic ticket gates were installed on 13 March 2003 and Suica IC service began on 26 October 2003. From 28 March 2005, rapid trains began stopping, making the station served by all trains.

Because the old station building south of the tracks was kept as a lavatory after the 2002 relocation, a level crossing inside the station precinct survives — used purely for reaching the toilets.